For my next gallery I’ve looked at paper as a material used in making jewelry. It’s easy to see the appeal of paper. It’s abundant, colorful and inexpensive. Paper can be cut, folded, sewn and woven. It adapts beautifully from recycled to upcycled. Other techniques in which it can be used include decoupage, paper-mache, and quilling. Heck, you can even make your own handmade paper then use it to make your own jewelry. The following collection employs all sorts of different ways paper is used in jewelry.

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Great to see the different techniques used to manipulate paper …. I have been playing with old books recently and this is what I came up with … http://www.flickr.com/photos/shazbot77/5636000358/ … feeling very inspired after seeing this post to attack my pile of books again!

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I’ve also played around with creating paper beads from old magazine collections that I now need to part with. I’ve got a section in my etsy shop devoted to them. I really like picking out the patterns and then pairing them with other more traditional jewelry elements! http://www.etsy.com/shop/prettysensitive?section_id=8045795